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 Association Updates
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REALTOR® Magazine 30 Under 30
FTC Warns of Closing Costs Phishing ScamScammers are hacking into the e-mail accounts of consumers and real estate professionals in order to access information about closing dates. The hackers, posing as the real estate professional or title company, will then send an e-mail about a "last minute change" to the wiring instructions for the funds for closing. They will then instruct the buyers to send the funds to a different account, which really belongs to them. Read More HereFree ListHub "MARKET SMARTER" Seminar April 5 at GRARJoin Greater Rochester Association of REALTORS®, Inc and ListHub for a free, one-hour seminar to learn about the latest trends in online marketing and the enhancements available to help you communicate more effectively with clients and convert more leads. Attendees have the chance to win a $250 Visa gift card!*
Celebrate City LivingFormerly known as City Living Sundays, Celebrate City Living is a brand new program to embrace everything that the City of Rochester has to offer! Deadline for submitting listings in the open house feature on the MLS is Friday, April 8. This will ensure that your house will be on the Celebrate City Living website as well as featured at the event on April 16th. For complete schedule of events visit: www.celebratecityliving.com
$15 Knighthawks Tickets for GRAR Members Click here for more information or contact Charlie Ragusa 585-454-4295 x. 3032
Accustat Report: March 2016
Accustat is a service offered by REALTOR® Dick Beers available solely for the use of GRAR Members and is not intended for public distribution. This report does not reflect the views of the Greater Rochester Association of REALTORS®. If you are interested in receiving the newsletter, please contact Dick at accustat@frontier.com
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 NAR Notes
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April is Fair Housing Month
REALTOR® Fair Housing Declaration
I agree to:
- Provide equal professional service without regard to the race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin or sexual orientation of any prospective client, customer, or of the residents of any community.
- Keep informed about fair housing law and practices, improving my clients' and customers' opportunities and my business.
- Develop advertising that indicates that everyone is welcome and no one is excluded;, expanding my client's and customer's opportunities to see, buy, or lease property.
- Inform my clients and customers about their rights and responsibilities under the fair housing laws by providing brochures and other information.
- Document my efforts to provide professional service, which will assist me in becoming a more responsive and successful REALTOR®.
- Refuse to tolerate non-compliance.
- Learn about those who are different from me, and celebrate those differences.
- Take a positive approach to fair housing practices and aspire to follow the spirit as well as the letter of the law.
- Develop and implement fair housing practices for my firm to carry out the spirit of this declaration
NAR's Field Guide to Fair Housing
What Everyone Should Know About Equal Opportunity Housing
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Industry Advocacy
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NYSAR Lobby Day is May 24:
This year, we will be advocating for a statewide first-time homebuyer savings account program, among other NYSAR legislative priorities. For those traveling to Albany the day prior, a block of rooms at the new Renaissance Albany Hotel, located across the street from the NYS Capitol Building, has been set aside until April 23. The rate is $179. To reserve a room, call 518-992-2500 and use our room block code SAR, or enter the online group code: SARSARA.
NYSAR will reimburse up to $75 per person for travel expenses to Albany for Lobby Day. NYSAR will provide breakfast, lunch, lobbying orientation and lobbying materials.
NYSAR-supported bills pick up legislative sponsors and support
NYSAR's first-time homebuyer savings program proposal (A.4427-A/S.6548) gained sponsors in both the Assembly and Senate from Assemblyman Phil Ramos (Long Island) and Senator Marc Panepinto (Buffalo). NYSAR's agency education bill (A.9474), which would require two hours of agency-related coursework in a licensee's initial two-year licensing term, has been introduced by Assemblymember Helene Weinstein, Chair of the Assembly Judiciary Committee. NYSAR will continue to support these bills and encourage state lawmakers to pass these measures into law.
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